U.S. Has Many Options on Greenland – Now Is the Time to Act

Alexander B. Gray for RealClearPolitics: U.S. Has Many Options on Greenland – Now Is the Time to Act

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U.S. Has Many Options on Greenland–Now Is the Time To Act

President Trump’s decisive action against the illegitimate Maduro regime in Venezuela has focused world attention on the Western Hemisphere. This is all to the good, as the Trump administration has made clear the priority Washington attaches to its own neighborhood. The recent National Security Strategy emphasized that after three decades of counterproductive wars in the Middle East and South Asia, this administration would prioritize defense of the American homeland and our own hemisphere. It further established the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine, holding that “extra-hemispheric powers” (think China, Russia, and Iran) would not be permitted to meddle in the hemisphere. Maduro’s connivance with all three contributed to his downfall under this long-overdue recalibration of America’s core interests.

  • Alexander B. Gray is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of American Global Strategies LLC. He previously served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff of the White House National Security Council, with additional White House roles focused on the defense industrial base, Oceania, and Indo-Pacific security. Through AGS, he advises corporations on understand how national security, defense policy, geopolitical developments, and international markets affect business decisions, advising executive leadership across the defense, aerospace, maritime, technology, and strategic advisory sectors.